Lee D
Well-Known Member
Just for fun/curiosity, I thought we could see what your longest cross country has been in singles or light twins with you as the PIC. . (Not turbo props and jets.)
Up until a few months ago the furthest I had flown was from Salt Lake to Canada or to Denver, Las Vegas, New Mexico etc. (Usually no more than 450 miles one way.)
However, in late February my employer had me and one other CFI fly from Salt Lake to Knoxville to pick up a Seneca for our flight club. We flew out commercially and flew the Seneca home. All together the flight was about 13 hours and 1500 plus nautical miles. (We had nothing but headwinds the whole way home and Senecas are not all that fast anyway. 140 to 150 knots.) But who cares if all the expenses are paid and you are logging twin time? Managed to get a couple of actual ILS approaches too.
We managed to land in each state along the way. Little Rock, AR. Oklahoma City OK. Amarillo TX. (HUGE Runway) Farmington NM. Then home. Great experience.
Up until a few months ago the furthest I had flown was from Salt Lake to Canada or to Denver, Las Vegas, New Mexico etc. (Usually no more than 450 miles one way.)
However, in late February my employer had me and one other CFI fly from Salt Lake to Knoxville to pick up a Seneca for our flight club. We flew out commercially and flew the Seneca home. All together the flight was about 13 hours and 1500 plus nautical miles. (We had nothing but headwinds the whole way home and Senecas are not all that fast anyway. 140 to 150 knots.) But who cares if all the expenses are paid and you are logging twin time? Managed to get a couple of actual ILS approaches too.
We managed to land in each state along the way. Little Rock, AR. Oklahoma City OK. Amarillo TX. (HUGE Runway) Farmington NM. Then home. Great experience.